Verizon Business teams with Westcon Group 
ConvergenceAsia staff
05/06/2009

Communications and IT solutions provider Verizon Business is expanding its single-source capabilities for deploying customer premises equipment (CPE) and related support services to aid large-business and government customers in building and managing global networks.

Under a new multiyear global distribution agreement with Westcon Group, Verizon Business will expand its global logistics reach and provide multinational enterprises with just-in-time delivery of critical communications equipment and services. Westcon Group, a leading specialty distributor of networking, convergence, security and mobility equipment, will also provide optional configuration and staging services for Verizon Business customers.

“When we launched this initiative, we set out to meet the requirements of our multinational customer base by providing a centrally managed, locally delivered single-source model for equipment procurement,” said Nancy Gofus, senior vice president – global business products, Verizon.

“The addition of Westcon Group to this initiative complements our global logistics strategy and enables Verizon Business to further alleviate the burdens customers often bear in purchasing equipment and services to support their global networks,” she said.

Blair Crump, group president – worldwide sales, Verizon Business, said globalisation is driving “our customers to embrace new business models, and the same trend is driving Verizon Business to develop new and better ways to serve our broad base of global customers”.

“The addition of Westcon Group to our broad vendor ecosystem supporting this initiative will enable Verizon Business to provide enhanced global networking options to its multinational customers and help them accelerate the adoption of IP to transform their operations.”

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